The COVID-19 pandemic has changed how organizations operate and work. During the pandemic's peak, the volume of employees working from home using remote software, collaboration services and conferencing tools increased. Although digital transformation has been a buzzword for years, no one knew that businesses would be forced to adopt it sooner than anticipated. While the pandemic led to massive losses in industries such as travel and hospitality, many businesses survived the challenges due to the adoption of remote working. With the changes in the working environment due to the pandemic, many organizations have now adopted the cloud and are using it to advance their services.

The unexpected COVID-19 pandemic has driven the adoption of the cloud more than ever anticipated. However, as more businesses look into transitioning to a digital space, the future of the cloud seems even brighter. However, even as more businesses look forward to moving their operations to the cloud, one must know that migrating is just a single step towards the digitization journey. To increase the benefits of cloud migration, companies must approach their cloud strategies carefully and holistically and with a focus on the future.

Many companies in the IT sector were once concerned about data management. However, the rise of various alternatives both at the cloud and local level has minimized the challenges and concerns people had due to the availability of options that people could choose from in their data storage initiatives. Small businesses can now store many terabytes of data, something which could have been impossible decades ago due to the various requirements needed to build a data center and the expertise needed. With the rising dependence on data by organizations, there is a growing conversation on the right place to store data. The critical question among most people is where is the best place to store data between the local machines and the cloud. I have provided some critical information you need to know about the on-premise and cloud storage systems and weighed the pros and cons of the two.